02/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The team behind Hull's year as UK City of Culture say it's

going to welcome "more visitors than ever" - after 60,000

people came into the city centre on its first day.

As well as those watching the light and sound spectacular,

organisers estimate tens of thousands also watched the huge

fireworks show from along both banks of the Humber.

Here's our culture correspondent, Anne-Marie Tasker.

Hull's reign as UK City of Culture came in with a bang,

as 15,000 fireworks exploded across the city's sky.

25,000 people packed in, to see a show organisers promised

would be bigger than London's on New Year's Eve.

It was good to hear the Housemartins.

I can't wait to see all the other events and I will certainly be

going to a lot of them, great for the city.

A lot of work must have gone into that and it is very impressive

and good to see something so spectacular in Hull.

But before the fireworks, another spectacle had

For a week, Made in Hull will look back at a century

of the city's history - the blitz, the dozens

of trawlermen lost at sea and happier times like

Hull City's Premier League promotion.

There are lots of people and apparently there will be 8000

people coming and going in the next couple of days and

I can't wait to hear and see how the audience respond.

Elsewhere, crowds experienced what it would be like to walk out

onto the pitch at the Kcom stadium - experienced installations -

and watched other films on some of the city's iconic buildings.

When Hull won the City of Culture title three years ago,

the City Council said it would bring an extra ?60 million into the city.

Organisers hope an extra million visitors will come during 2017 -

this opening event's got them off to a good start.

The reaction has been hugely positive and it'll welcome more

visitors than ever and it will change the city for the better

as we look towards what we want the city to be in the future.

Three and a half tonnes of fireworks got city of culture off

to an explosive start - one organisers hope to maintain

The East Midlands Ambulance Service which covers

Lincolnshire says it's experienced its busiest

Staff had to cut meal breaks last night to help cope with what's been

described as an exceptional number of calls.

EMAS says it received around 50% more 999 calls

In the Lincolnshire derby at Gainsborough Trinity yesterday

an injured Boston United player waited for two hours in the first

aid room before being taken by car to hospital because no

For him to be just laid in a room for two hours in his football kit

with his ankle like that with no painkillers or anything,

that could have had serious implications on his future,

not just his footballing career but his normal life.

We actually have more staff on than we normally would have.

Over the last few days we have been receiving an unprecedented demand

for the service and we have actually been receiving a 999

Icy conditions have been blamed for more than 30 accidents

This incident at Burton Waters was among dozens across the county,

with incidents from Market Deeping to the Wolds.

It's believed a downpour AFTER the roads had been gritted

One of Lincolnshire's biggest planned new housing developments

is to get "garden village" status from the government.

OOV? The site to the south west of Grantham known

as Spitalgate Heath will see almost 4,000 new homes built

as well as schools, offices and a retail developments.

Government money will go towards developing the new community,

I think the town can grow and get a bit larger and attract

new shops to the town centres and that is all good.

It is probably going to get congested and affect everyone coming

If you are building new villages are not prevailing amenities

In today's football, Hull City were beaten 3-1

by West Bromwich Albion despite taking the lead

Robert Snodgrass put the Tigers ahead, before West Brom scored

Scunthorpe United led until the 84th minute when Peterborough equalised.

But Grimsby Town had a happier afternoon winning

As time to check out the weather forecast. It will stay dry or mate

with long, clear period so take care on the roads. Rudely it is down to

-1. Tuesday looks a fine day and it will be moored in the way of clouds

but never the less looking bright. Further spells of sunshine and quite

a windy day so feeling chilly with the top temperature of around seven

Celsius. Sunny Wednesday, broke Thursday with the risk of rain, that

is the forecast. Good evening. It's been a dry and

bright day across most parts of the country today. Despite the chilly

feel to the weather, there has been some sunshine. Clear skies as the

sun set in east Essex. With those clear skies around, temperatures are

plummeting, particularly across southern parts. Here we